Heather Lank is the

Parliamentary Librarian of Canada The Parliamentary Librarian of Canada is one of the key officials of the Parliament of Canada. While the Library of Parliament was created shortly after 1867, the role of librarian was not created until 1871 to be in charge of management and contro ...

Biography

Lank was born in

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Education

Lank holds both a master's and doctorate in sociology from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

Career

Lank started her public service career when she joined the federal public service in 1990 as an operational auditor with

Correctional Service of Canada The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC; french: Service correctionnel du Canada), also known as Correctional Service Canada or Corrections Canada, is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of ...

. In 1991, she joined the

Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ...

administration as a committee clerk, and has served in several roles and positions over the years, including senior leadership roles. From 2015 to 2018, Lank served as Principal Clerk of the Senate Chamber Operations and Procedure Office. In 2018, Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...

announced the appointment of Lank as the Parliamentary Librarian for the Library of Parliament. In early 2020, Lank recommended that poems by Stephen Brown be removed from the parliamentary poet laureate website. The poet was convicted of manslaughter in 1995 after killing an Indigenous woman, Pamela George.

References

External links

Heather Lank on GOC411

Heather Lank on Opengovca
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